Tuesday, August 18, 2009

How Robin Parrish got his First Novel Published

Photo credit: Ashley Morgan.
Getting a novel published these days can be hard, even if your novel is good. The advent of home computers with word processing software has increased the number of people able to throw a manuscript together by great amounts. Most of these novels are bad, and most publishers and agents have received so many that they adopt draconian policies to avoid unsolicited manuscripts and unproven writers.

Robin Parrish, author of our current blog tour book Offworld, found away around the barriers. He had a website called Infuze. One of his ideas for Infuze was to have a serialized story, with new sections brought out every two weeks. His website became popular enough that several publishers became aware of the story and were willing to publish.

Can other writers use Robin Parrish's method? Possibly--- but the story in question not only needs to be well-written, it needs to be a real page-turner that will get the reader totally addicted and coming back for more. It must be posted on a website or blog with a lot of traffic. And the writer must have a lot of luck!

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OFFICIAL BLOG TOUR STUFF:
THE BOOK: Offworld by Robin Parrish: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764206060
THE AUTHOR: Robin Parrish on Twitter (Yes, he tweets): http://twitter.com/robinparrish
THE BLOG TOUR GANG:
Brandon Barr
Jim Black
Justin Boyer
Keanan Brand
Gina Burgess
Canadianladybug
Melissa Carswell
Valerie Comer
Karri Compton
Amy Cruson
CSFF Blog Tour
Stacey Dale
D. G. D. Davidson
Jeff Draper
April Erwin
Karina Fabian
Linda Gilmore
Beth Goddard
Todd Michael Greene
Katie Hart
Ryan Heart
Becky Jesse
Cris Jesse
Jason Joyner
Julie
Carol Keen
Krystine Kercher
Dawn King
Melissa Meeks
Rebecca LuElla Miller
Mirtika
Eve Nielsen (posting later in the week)
nissa_amas_katoj
John W. Otte
Lyn Perry
Steve Rice
Chawna Schroeder
James Somers
Speculative Faith
Stephanie
Rachel Starr Thomson
Steve Trower
Fred Warren
Dona Watson
Elizabeth Williams




1 comment:

  1. Very cool! I am maybe-possibly-considering-hoping to do something similar with a novel I wrote a couple of years ago.

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